{"id":1941284,"date":"2023-05-31T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-pull-news-out-of-california-over-journalism-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:10:22","slug":"meta-threatens-to-pull-news-out-of-california-over-journalism-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-pull-news-out-of-california-over-journalism-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta may withdraw news from California due to journalism bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-threatens-to-pull-news-out-of-california-over-journalism-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Meta Threatens to Pull News from Facebook and Instagram in California<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p> &#8220;If the Journalism Preservation Act passes, we will be forced to remove news from Facebook and Instagram rather than pay into a slush fund that primarily benefits big, out-of-state media companies under the guise of aiding California publishers,&#8221; Meta spokesman Andy Stone said in a statement. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram in California if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-pull-news-out-of-california-over-journalism-bill\/\" title=\"Meta may withdraw news from California due to journalism bill.\">state lawmakers pass legislation forcing social media companies<\/a> to negotiate funding agreements with state news outlets. The California Journalism Preservation Bill, which would charge a &#8220;journalism usage fee&#8221; to large platforms like Facebook and Instagram, is expected to receive a vote in the State Assembly this week. The revenue would then be used to support newsroom journalists, and the specific payments would be determined through arbitration. The bill passed through committee last month and will need to be approved by the Assembly and Senate before going to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for his signature.<\/p>\n<h3>Similar Threats Made in Other Countries and by Congress<\/h3>\n<p>Meta has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill\/\" title=\"Meta may stop sharing news if Canada passes regulatory bill.\">made similar threats<\/a> to countries considering related legislation. The company said it would stop sharing news in Canada due to pending legislation forcing social platforms to share more profits with journalism outlets. Congress is considering a similar bill in the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. The bill was pushed through the Judiciary Committee last term but failed to pass due to disagreements about amendments. Meta made similar threats over the JCPA.<\/p>\n<h3>Reversal of News Ban in Australia<\/h3>\n<p>The company banned sharing and viewing news stories in Australia after the country passed a law requiring the Big Tech giant to pay news outlets for their content. The ban was reversed within days after international pressure.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Meta will follow through on its threat to pull news from Facebook and Instagram in California. However, the company&#8217;s stance on funding agreements with state news outlets is clear, and it has made similar threats in other countries and in Congress. As the debate over the role of Big Tech in supporting journalism continues, it is likely that Meta&#8217;s actions will be closely watched by lawmakers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-something-out-of-black-mirror-how-an-australian-town-became-a-smart-city-overnight\/\" title=\"\u2018Like Something Out Of Black Mirror\u2019: How An Australian Town Became A \u2018Smart-City\u2019 Overnight\">media outlets alike<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta may remove news from Facebook and Instagram in California if state lawmakers pass a bill requiring social media firms to negotiate funding agreements with news outlets. The threat was made on Wednesday, as the California Journalism Preservation Bill is set to receive a vote in the State Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1941285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3895,4045,5157,9276,4133,20760],"class_list":["post-1941284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bill","tag-california","tag-journalism","tag-meta","tag-news","tag-withdraw"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}